Taoyuan City is the county seat of Taoyuan County in Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

, located in the northwestern part of the island

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

. Taoyuan city is the gateway of Taiwan: with the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport in vicinity, and is a 30-minute ride to the capital, Taipei

Taipei

Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...

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Statistics

General statistics include:

• Area: 34.80 km²
• Elevation: 157 ft (48 m)
• Population: 402,014 people (March 2010)

History

Taoyuan is the native home to the Plains tribes of Taiwanese aborigines

Taiwanese aborigines

Taiwanese aborigines is the term commonly applied in reference to the indigenous peoples of Taiwan. Although Taiwanese indigenous groups hold a variety of creation myths, recent research suggests their ancestors may have been living on the islands for approximately 8,000 years before major Han...

. Taoyuan's old name was Taoziyuan , since there used to be many peach blossoms in the area. In 1920 under Japanese rule

Taiwan under Japanese rule

Between 1895 and 1945, Taiwan was a dependency of the Empire of Japan. The expansion into Taiwan was a part of Imperial Japan's general policy of southward expansion during the late 19th century....

, the area was renamed Taoyuan Town, and incorporated into the Hsinchu

Hsinchu

Hsinchu City is a city in northern Taiwan. Hsinchu is popularly nicknamed "The Windy City" for its windy climate.Hsinchu City is administered as a special municipality within Taiwan . The city is bordered by Hsinchu County to the north and east, Miaoli County to the south, and the Taiwan Strait...

 state as a county jurisdiction. After the Chinese Civil War

Chinese Civil War

The Chinese Civil War was a civil war fought between the Kuomintang , the governing party of the Republic of China, and the Communist Party of China , for the control of China which eventually led to China's division into two Chinas, Republic of China and People's Republic of...

, it was "Taoyuan Town, Taoyuan County". Since 1971, the name has remained Taoyuan City (桃園市).

Education

Within Taoyuan, there are five senior vocational high schools, 12 junior high schools, 23 primary schools, and an intelligence initiation school. Taoyuan is also home to a number of buxiban

Buxiban

Buxiban are cram schools in Taiwan and the People's Republic of China.It's a traditional belief that parents should send their children to all kinds of cram schools in order to compete against other talented children...

s, or cram schools, which teach additional courses in mathematics, English, sciences, etc. There are also ten universities located near Taoyuan.

Economy

Companies headquartered or located in Taoyuan City include:

• HTC Corporation
• Coca-Cola Museum
  Coca-Cola Museum
  The Coca-Cola Museum is a museum about the drink Coca-Cola, located on the Gueishan Industrial Park in Taoyuan City, Taoyuan County, Taiwan.The facility is run by Swire Group, which has an adjacent Coca-Cola bottling plant. The museum building is colored red, like Coca-Cola.-External links:* ,...
  
  
• Atotech Taiwan
• Wacoal Taiwan

External links

• Taoyuan City Office